Metrics for effort estimation on contracting maintenance service
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چکیده
A software vendor sometimes contracts the maintenance of a software product that other software vendors gave up maintaining due to costs etc. In such case, the vendor must estimate costs of maintenance before contracting. However, due to lack of an objective measure, an expert estimates the cost on the basis of his/her experience. We will propose some metrics for estimating maintenance effort. These metrics are computed by applying change impact analysis to the source code which is available before contracting.
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